[Video] Q32: No change or have been allowing or are allowing or allows

Explanation for Question 32 From the Writing Section on the 2018 May Sat

Okay, next looking at question number 32. 2 Um, this sentence reads at Epidaurus the combination 3 of virtual pitch and the sound dampening effect of the seats allow performers, 4 voices to be heard fully and clearly from any seat. 5 So, because we're looking at the correct form of this, 6 this verbal Lao, the first thing we want to do is establish what our 7 subject is. So the subject here is the combination. 8 So this is, this is an easy mistake to make. 9 Um, it seems like the subject is the pitch and sound dampening effect of 10 the seats, but the subject here is actually the combination, 11 the fact that the virtual pitch and the sound of any effect are included 12 is used to describe what combination we're talking about, 13 but they're not the subjects in and of themselves. 14 The subject is the combination. So because we're looking at the subject 15 as the combination, we're going to see that we're working with a singular subject. 16 Um, and furthermore, we're talking about the present tense out of the doors and 17 allows or allow performance horses to be heard fully and clearly. 18 So we're looking for a singular present tense verb, 19 um, have been allowing and are allowing, 20 um, are not as, as simple, 21 a present tense as we're going for here have been allowing is also, 22 um, it's also a plural as in they have. 23 Um, so because it's plural, we can eliminate it. 24 We're looking for singular. Um, 25 and with answer choice C are allowing it's not necessary to 26 ...